My Approach

If you are suffering, feeling stuck, or facing unexpected life circumstances, I can help you explore these experiences in a confidential and non-judgmental space that is attentive to your particular challenges.

My approach is psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, which departs from the position that we are moved by unconscious processes as much as we are by conscious ones.

Our adult life is marked by traces of our early life, and whether we are aware of it or not, the past plays an important part in how we relate to ourselves, to others, and to the situations we encounter.

However, it is not all about the past. The unconscious gives value to symptoms, so in the psychoanalytic approach, we listen to what lies behind the symptom.

By speaking freely in a psychoanalytic context, with a specific way of listening by the analyst, the conflicts and fears that underlie our difficulties may gradually become less painful.

Psychoanalysis offers the possibility of creating a new narrative, not by erasing the past or getting rid of symptoms, but by finding new ways to give meaning to one’s experiences and therefore to one’s relationship to life.

I welcome people of all cultural backgrounds, sexes, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

You are welcome to get in touch to arrange an initial consultation and discuss the possibility of working together.

About Me

I am a psychoanalyst and psychoanalytic psychotherapist working with adults and young adults in London SW12 and online.

I completed my clinical training with the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR), of which I am a member. My practise is oriented by the teachings of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan.

Alongside my private practice, I contribute to research, teaching and community initiatives within the psychoanalytic field. I am also part of Bubble & Speak, a drop-in established in 2016 and inspired by the tradition of La Maison Verte, initiated by French child psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto.

Before establishing my private practice in London, I gained clinical experience in a range of settings. At City & Guilds of London Art School, I provided psychoanalytic psychotherapy to BA and MA students. I also worked with the Psychosis Therapy Project at Islington Mind, providing psychotherapy to people experiencing psychosis, and with adults in long-term psychotherapy at the Highbury Counselling Centre, where I also conducted assessment interviews with new clients.

Earlier, I volunteered with Refuge on the National Domestic Abuse Helpline, offering listening and support to women experiencing domestic violence.

I work in English and Portuguese.

I work with

• Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

What I can help with

• Abuse
• Adoption
• Age-related Issues
• Anorexia
• Anxiety
• Autism
• Bereavement
• Bulimia
• Cancer
• Chronic Illness
• Couple Issues
• Cultural Issues
• Depression
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Eating Disorders
• Family
• Gender
• Identity Problems
• Infertility
• Parents
• Phobias
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Relationships
• Separation
• Sex Problems
• Sexuality
• Stress
• Terminal Illness
• Transgender
• Trauma